Name: Genetics for Social Science Workshop
Start: 2018-03-23T10:00:00Z
End: 2018-03-23T14:00:00Z
Location: University of Essex

Genetics for Social Science Workshop

Understanding Societyis an innovative world-leading study about 21st century UK life and how it is changing. It captures important information about people’s social and economic circumstances, attitudes, behaviours and health. The study islongitudinalin its design

Understanding Society

<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><STRONG>An introduction to genetics for social scientists </STRONG></H3>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal">In this course, we will introduce genetic terms relevant to social science, the data available in <I>Understanding Society,</I> procedures to access these data and provide a worked example of the use of genetic data in a social science framework.  We will focus on a causal analysis method referred to as Mendelian Randomization, where genetic markers are used instruments to explore the causal relationship between an endogenous explanatory variable with a social outcome.</P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal">This half day workshop will consist of an introductory presentation on genetics, followed by an overview of the principals that underlie Mendelian Randomization.  We will illustrate and conduct a simple analysis in STATA using data from <I>Understanding Society</I> a computer practical session.   </P>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Programme</H3>
<P CLASS="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN>10.00 – 10.30  Registration & refreshments </SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN> 1</SPAN>0.30 – 12.00  Lectures</P>
<P CLASS="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN> 1</SPAN>2.00 – 12.45 Lunch           </P>
<P CLASS="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN> </SPAN>12.45 – 14.00  Lectures and hands-on-session</P>
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University of Essex

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